•   This Chapter sets up a scheme for the Commonwealth to make loans to overseas - trained professional people who do not meet the requirements for entry to their professions in Australia.

•   The loans will be applied to pay fees for bridging courses ( BOTP courses ) which will enable those people to meet those entry requirements.

•   To be eligible for a loan, an overseas - trained professional person must:

  (a)   meet certain citizenship/residency requirements; and

  (b)   obtain an assessment statement from a relevant assessing body; and

  (c)   enrol in a course that relates to the assessment statement.

•   An assessment statement is a statement to the effect that, if the person were to successfully undertake further studies, be successful in one or more examinations or successfully undertake a tuition and training program, the person would meet the requirements for entry to that profession in Australia.